Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday claimed that it has identified an “over-ground workers” group of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba which had extended logistical support to gunmen involved in the July 10 terror strike at Botengo-Khannabal area of southern Anantnag district in which eight Amarnath pilgrims were killed and eighteen others wounded.

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) Munir Ahmed Khan said that “considerable progress” has been made in the probe into the bloody incident which evoked widespread condemnations in Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the country.  He said that the investigations carried out so far have revealed that two Pakistani militants were involved in the terror act and that they received active support from two more militants who are locals.

“The over-ground workers of the terror group who provided logistical support have been identified by the police,” he said. He added that the police is investigating thoroughly whether the two local LeT militants who were killed on July 17 were in any way involved in the attack or not”.